Max Roberts The Massimo Vignelli subway map (or, more accurately, subway diagram), introduced in 1972, was modeled after Harry Beck’s simplified map of the London Underground, and modified aspects of New York City’s geography to maximize the diagram’s visual navigability. It was widely loathed for that very reason, and was replaced seven years later, in 1979. However, Vignelli’s work has enjoyed something of a nostalgic resurgence in popularity in recent years, and now Max Roberts, designer of the concentric circle subway map…
Cool Map Thing: Beautiful Mapped Data Reveals Trends Across New York City
This map portrays the locations of independent coffee shops throughout Brooklyn, via You Are Here. The exceptional breadth of datasets and the advent of digital maps go hand-in-hand like, well, site-specific data and maps; people love to see information visualized. That’s what the crew behind MIT Media Lab’s You Are Here project is banking on. You Are Here was conceived by Sep Kamvar who, according to Marketplace Tech, realized that the cities we inhabit differ in subtle ways often due to deliberate decisions, and its these decisions that give shape and a certain character to the city. The visualizations take traditional maps to the next level: they don’t just tell onlookers how to get around, but reveal where things are happening…